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974 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Gus. 312,313. 1925. struct, maintain, and operate said dam shall terminate and be at ,e,Q*;§¤,_gQ,>g;¤¤gt;f an end; and any grantee or licensee of the United States proposing dam. ’ to develop a power project at or near said dam shall have authority to remove, submerge, or utilize said dam under such conditions as said commission or other agency may determine, but such conditions shall not include compensation for the removal, submergence, or utilization of said dam. ·*m°'“*°*°°‘· Sec. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, February 24, 1925. F°b?§°f{§-j2;f]m°’ CHAP. 313.-—An Act To provide for the construction of a memorial bridge

 across the Potomac River from a point near the Lincoln Memorial in the city

of Washington to an appropriate point in the State of Virginia, and for other P¤1'P0¤68· Be it enacted 6 the Senate and House of Re entatwkzes of the §`,°,§,‘;§}.,§,R‘"{;,{’d,,‘Q; United States 05/Anzevjca 27:1. Oméhgreas assembggd? That the comgrpgignggggdtzlyz- mission created g section 23 of e Act approved March 4, 1913 \;0l.3*l,p.885. 31Thim-seventh tatutes, page h8ig), isusihereby aughorized anadi 'rec to proceed at once wit e co ruction 0 a memori bridge across the Potomac River from the vicinity of the Lincoln _ Memorial in the city of Washington an appropfiate point in the ,,*{,'§’§§‘,‘Z,{,{’,‘f,'{““““‘°“ State of Virginia, including appro mate approae es, roads, streets, evar s, avenues, an wa e ng ereto on 0 S1 es o sai boul d d lksladii th bth`d f `d river, together with the landscape features appertaining thereto, all in accor ance with the design surveys, and estimates of cost transmitted bg said commission Congress under date of April 22, 1924: §{,‘T",§;g,, ,,u,,,,,,d_ Provide , That said commission may make such changes in design and location of said bridge without increasing the total cost of the . project as in its discretion may be found to be necessary or advisable. sdiiigiztghlimna/i¤°ii»`$ii°1 Sec. 2. That the execution of the project herein and hereby m§&¤cgg;’;*gg;>]= 0* •>°¤· authorized shall be carried out under the general supervision of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission in the immediate charge of the executive officer of the said commission, and that said construction shall be entered upon as speedily as practicable in accordance with the plans submitted by the said commission and shall be prosecuted to completion by contracts or otherwise, as may be most Li _, { t th economical and advantageous to the Government and approved and xmeim ° °°° °“ °" ordered by the said commission in a total sum not to exceed "°"·¥’·“““· $14,7 50,000, which sum is authorized to be appropriated from any moneys available or that may become available in the Treasury of {.°',,,°;`,"_,,,f";,,,,,,, ,,,,,,8,, the United States: Provided, That such appropriations as may be ggtgymgg ¤¤¤ De made under the authority of this Act for the execution of said ` project shall be chargeable to the Treasury of the United States and the revenues of the District of Columbia in such manner as shall then be determined by Congress to be equitable: Provided further, That the opening, widemng, extending, or improvement of any w$§,,$,$,§’g',}§,'{,f,’,‘{§f streets of the District of Co umbia in connection with this project; shall be subject to assessments for benehts in accordance with the _ _ laws governing similar work under the Commissioners of the Dis- ,,,:§§‘§§},"‘,f§§,‘§,,§,,,,°‘{,"g trict of Columbia; And prewviled further, That if the bridge ig ¤¤¤¤¤¤==· constructed otherwise than by contract there shall be kept accurate and itemized account of all costs, including labor, materials, rental, repairs, insurance, depreciation of plant and equipment, and all other items and engineering costs properly chargeable to the construction of said bridge.